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I LIKE A NIGHTMARE. —■ ■ ■ 1 * AND HARDSAIP3 OF A ■ ” DRIVE IS TIE WEST. ■ Tr'P °'' H° r,<>b ck Over the Mount ■l'3 'rom >reg in to Wyoming—Ex- Bpjrtencan We Encountered Driving K Bunc • • f ioratß. ■ from the PhitartelvKia Timet. ■•Priving! Hie whole trip was like a Hittmaro.’' sai l tuy c unpaulou, "aud I’ll ■ : tell it all t > vou as a sort of homeo -10 care for you ’ beadacne.” K S -ot 'hint he is, manager for a Olas ■, >attle coin pa y wui h has cattle and .-s in Pa ma idle and uorth of it. 7; years has been in this western Hr.try. ■:ms is the story: I had bought a bunch H ,uout 700 st .ok horses in Southeastern n. wr.icu was a due h irse country, to baox to my ra mh in Wyoming. I i t ) a man in a little piace calle 1 Gold- a and asked him to re.nmmen i to me -man. He did so; I employed the n.a ■ re.Miu nended, au-1 he in torn hired the men needed with the outfit. a e liadu t 1 eon out long bet re I felt oon- t: at my G Idendale man reoom ie l ih.s fenow a-f rema omesioply , him on' of the cou try, for ha was a H,gu.ar iackguard. a lough and scoun :rel, ■ e bad hired live congenial friends ■ such fellows ai himself. Abe twit lot tbev were, getti g drunk aid up every little blaow we tame to. ■ mid not be friendly and familiar with as is c stomary w hen out on the trial, K bad to take iny bed away olf to one and sle p with one eye open and my Kg i ready to ray hand, f r 1 never doubted Hg-.r readnn-ss and good w.ll pi kill me ary ad take the horses, if they bai they could make it go. ■ Ye, despite all this there was a certain f good feeling about them which w • 1 Itself n a eniso le that oocurred near Hf;. .-'.'die pi l 1 agon, i'hev were three horses Hp: 1 knew t * besiravs i-i the bunch, and we got to Prineville a hard little place) ■ore there were some corrals, I had file ■sie:! cut the tnree out and fasten them ■ccerely in a Corral. II IVhen w-e had been on the trail maybe an ■ fr.r or tw , there came the three horses after us, K; AND PLUNGED DELIGHTEDLY Hitto the bunch. The men tried their utmost ■to cut them out and drive them away, but ■ hrses are always crazy to be with a big ■bunch; they love the little oolts, too, of ■ winch I have several hundred; and finally, ■ wsen I saw the b inch w ould be all torn up ■sol the lit! ie oolts run to death before the ■ (trays could begotten out, I told my men ■t- let them alone, that I believed that they ■ bad been turned loose to follow us pur ■pssely, f r some sinister end, and that we ■ would go on to the next camping place, ■ where there was a corral, and pen them H there. 11 An hour or so later three men overtook Hus, riding hard, and loudly demanded to ■kn w if we had any strays. I told them ■we had three that we knew of, explained Hthe recent occurrence, und that my inten- Htiouwasto pen them again at the next lourral. I They vere all extensively and obviously, Bnotti say frightfully, armed. The man I who had spoke i pulled out a great official ■ paper a yard or so long, remarking that ■ they came to arrest me and take me back Bf r h rse stealing,and asked if I meant to I go peaceably or not. || 1 motioned for my men to coma up, and ■ said, “I shall not go at all if I can helpmy- Eseif. This is a blackmailing or robbing I scheme, and if my men will stand by me Bl’ll not go a s'ep, but pen the horses, aa I ■ sail, at the next corral.” B “Everyone of those rascals of mine jerked Bout his six-shooter and announced his readi- Bness to stand by me until the infernal ■ regions were one vast skating rink, and as Bwe were six to three, the Prineville men ■ finally rode book. I Their intention was, I think, to take me ■ back to Prineville, give me a preliminary ■ trial, make mo put up several hundred dol- Ilarß bond, which, after I had gotton away ■ hundreds of miles to my ranch in Wyoming II would supposably forfeit rather than re- Itum the long and tedious journey to I UNDERGO AN UNFAIR TRAIL. I Well, we were having minor eruptions I and Outbreaks all the time, either on the I part of m. teugh outfit or the tough people Iwe were passing on that notoriously tou b ■ trail, or in the way of collisions between I tha two; but the next event of considerable I importance occurred near Harney not very I far from the line of Oregon and Idaho. 1 was riding away back near the rear of I the bunch, and iny foreman up toward the head, when, right in the broad daylight, a man on a good horse rode up at a fast gait and dashed right into the bunch, frighten ing and scattering the horses out terribly. The men near him ye led at him, and headed him out; be only took a good start snd did the same thing over again. It looked like the behavior of a lunatic to any one who did not guess his motive. By this time I was very angry, and when he came hack at the bead of the bunch the third time- half of the horses wild with fright and almost impossible to hold—l called to the foreman, “shoot him!” Then on wiser second thought, “no, drop his horse!” but to my surprise the foreman only rode along between the man and the hursss, striking at bun with his fist. He knocked him off, or the fellow fell off, I never knew which; there was much con fusion and excitement, and the conclusion of the wh le affair was that we were ar rested and taken into Harney for trial. Court was sitting at the time and the trial come on the next day. A man who had a ranah down near mo m ’-Vyoming was buying horses also, up in 1 'regon near where I got mine. Just as mg outfit wasstarting out this man feil sick with small-pox,and every creature deserted him 1 went and looked after him myself until I found a nurse for him who had had the disease, delaying my outfit several days to do so. W ell, this man lived and was well known in this Harney neighborhood, and when he heard of my trouble he—having entirely recovered and caught up with us—came in and testified in my behalf, using his per sonal influence, which was much, and which procured me A FAVORABLE HEARING. The man who had ridden iuto my horses earae into court bringing his saddle with a bullet hole through one of tie stirrups, which he said had bee i made witn murder ous intent by a ball from my foreman’s pistol, but after an examination as to direc tions, relative positions, etc., it was proven that this on y could have been rnsde by shooting clear through bis horse’s body, tnn as he said the horse was in good health snd spirits this ciroumstanoe te ided to in jure the value of his testimony, and we ™j}l*y came off victorious. nTe 6 fellow ’ s plan hud been to stampede tue horses, when they would have run out into the rough country about, full of breaks hr.d hollows, where it would have been easy >°r him and his partners to steal a good •bare of them. . ‘.J® nsxt episode was at Belleplaiu, east r Boise City, Idaho, where, as usual, my gsrig of roughs shot up the town, and cov themselves and me with disgrace. I "alked out of a store, where I had been living some supplies, when here came my iackguard of a foreman aud some of the ethers, tearing down the street at a dead hu, whooping, yelling, shooting cats, -uickens and dogs as they came. And close after-the foreman pounded the '"“riff, on an old gray horse, shouting at ini to stop and to hold up his hands. When the- got quite near me, bang! went the Plucky she: ill's long pistol, and cut a neat P b'r out if the foreman’s ear. ;;-Vow will you stop?” said he. Vou bet your life I will, boss,” said my ®a , as he clapped his hands over his o .rs, then held them up. The next day, when I ha 1 paid their fines nil around and gotten : H " n out, 1 tried * bit of sarc sm on the ■“reman with most happy results. '•John," 1 said, “you are a tough; “you get drunk and into all sorts of devilmeDt, you shoot up tower ana cost me a lot of money and tn üble; bat wbat hurts me and makes me a-bamed Is, you t ever make it stick!” (This with a contemptuous loos at John's bead, swathed up like an old wife’s, and at tha cabrose he had just quitted.) John was the most shame-faced, crest fallen looking fallow vou ever saw, and noDe of the ou fit indulged in shooting up towns a y more on the trip. At Snake river crossing there were three ferr.es. Finding the man at the upper ferry inclined to be extortionate. I told him shar lv that I would go to me of the lower ones; but when I discovered that he owned all tnree I MADE SUCH TERMS AS I COULD, and we got a load of horses onto the boat Right here my men (according oan agreement, 1 suppose) struck for more pav. 1 was about worn oit and exaspe ated enough not to scare very eas.lv I sat in the end of the boat and held the money I had w.tb me—£l.ooo—out over the water and said: “Now do just as you please; go on at tne agreed wage- aud vou get them; str.Ee and leave me here and this money goes into the water and y >u don’t get a cent of what 1 al eadv owe you.” Well, they came along nnallv. By the time we got to the National park we looked awfully hard and tough, with our three months’ exposure a ,and hardship. Tbe tourists used to come and look at us wo de ingly. They would sometimes ask us if we bad eggs to sell or butte milk. One very pretty young lady locking ,-t my 7uo horses—they were very tine aud handsome and as wild a- zebras —asked in nocently, “But h w do y. u keep them s nice? It must be a great deal of work to groom them all every day.” i told her with a straight face that w only groomed HH) or so each day, and that they did very well that way, only gettin gro lined once or twice a wee .. You can imagine what a time we had get ting these TOO horses through “ l fell’s Half Acre,” in the park, where there are hun dreds of spouting geysers. I was pretty nearly home now. The last incident of the trip was the oook’s sirike, which occurred wheu I paid the men off aud left the horses at pasture for a time. He was a great big brute nho could nave eaten me up, and he announced that he had come all the way wl h me the whole four months, and he ought to have $.50 a month instead of S4O, aDd he Intended to have it, too, or take the extra money out of me. Arithmetic was always my weak point; but under the stimulus of angry resentment l did that little sura quickly and correctly, and told him that if he was going to take anything out of me at all, just to take S2OO worth; uot to bother with S4O, but to take it all out that way, for it was all he would ever get. I hardly know why he didn’t do so, but he didn’t. IV e settled on the original basig of S4O a month; and I left my horses and went home about t wenty years older than when I started on that abominable trip. That was eight or ten years ago, and I don’t think I’ve got caught up with myself yet. A GHOSTLY BRIDAL. From Romance* The stage ooach which ran between Paris aDd Marseilles bad just reached Grenoble when the young Baron de Saint Andre climbed up to the front seat. Here he found a go d-lookiog fellow of his own age, aud straightway the two be came great friends. At the end of an hour they began exchanging confidences, after tbe manner of youth. The soion of noble stock was on his way to Paris,to buy an officer’s brevet, so as to serve bis country os bis ancestors had done before him. The other, who was the son of a rich tradesman, was also bound for Paris, for the purpose, however, of marrying an heiress, the daughter of an old friend of bis father. “it is an even thing 1" cried the young baron laughingly. “A mere monev matter for each of us. The little god Cupid has no more conoern in your business than in mine.” “ I’hare you are mistaken,” returned the other, “f have never seen Sylvia, but I fell In love with her, once and forever, the first time I laid my eyes upon her portrait. Judge for yourselr.”* He opened a tortoise shell case, and Saint Andre exclaimed admiringly: “What an angel! Indeed, my dear fel low, you are very fortunate to have that charming, dainty creature picked out for you.” “I do not complain,” said thebiiffegroom elect, “and now I am going to sleep, if this miserable, jolting concern will allow me. I am expected to breakfast at my future father-in-law’s as soon a I reach Paris, and as I shall then be presented to m.v betrothed I want to look as well as possible.” At the end of three days and two nights the heavy stage coach rumbled into the metropolis, and the two travelers went to the nearest hotel aud engaged two rooms, intending to take a little rest. Saint Andre had just thrown himself upon the bed w hen he beard deep groans in the next room, and on rushing in found his late companion rolling on tbe door In agonies of pain. The servants were summoned, a phy sician was brought in, and the latter de clared that the pattern was Buffering from acute colic, which had probably beau con tracted before be left home, and had been aggravate! bv tbe fatigue * l the journey. He pronounced the malady a very serious one, and so it proved, for, in spite of every care, the yout.u expired at the end of alt hour. Saint Andre was over - helmed bv the catastrophe, and when he found that he could do nothing more for bis friend he stood gazing sadly at the lifeless clay >.* hich lay on the narrow bed in the bare hotel room. Poor fellow ISo young! So vouug, so gay, looking forward to a bright future, and cow snatched away without warning! What would the fair bride-elect say when she heard of this tragedy* Salat Andre dreaded the bearing of the sad news to the family, but there was no one else to perform the errand, and so he set off, carrying with him the dead youth’s satchel. When he reached the stately mansion the front door flew open and two fo umen in livery came to meet him. One relieved him of bis satchel, tbe other took bis bat and cloak, and a voice was heard exclaiming joyfully; “Monsieur, here is your son-in-law, at last!” “Dear fellow!” cried a little fat, white haired man, rushing into the hall, “let i.e embrace you!" and he clapped the new comer rapturously to his heart. As soon os be could get his breath Saint Andre said hurri-dly: "Pardon nte, sir, but— ” -‘I pardon you for being late,” Interrupted tho other. “Look, it it 12 o’clock and break- ; fast is growing Oold Comin and see iny da gbte . The little puss has been watching tbe clock for hours, and is all impstieut to meet you.” He pulled tne young matt into the break fast room as he spoke, and without pausing au instant, added: “My wife. Uncle D iri val, Aunt Dolarice, here is the sou-in-law at last; Sylvia, my child, bid him wel come ’’ “1 beg pardon, sir,” cried Saint Andre, but aga n his host interrupted him. “Don’t tell me that you with to draw back at tbe last moment, my dear fellow! , Everything bos been arranged by iny es teemed friend, your father, but if you have any objection to urge 1 will bear it later; bad news can always keep. Now, let us sit down to breakfast at onoe aud be merry. Sit by me, sot.-ln-law, and give me your opinion of this pigeon bisque.” The visitor was young aud hungry, having fasted since tniduight. Tbe shock of bis companion’s sudden dea 1 h hal un- | nerved him somewhat, and so, for :ho time ; being, he yielded to the force of circum- | stances. “Come what will.” he said to himself, “I cannot bear to uur a damper upon tbe joy of these gooi people, at least not until they have had their breakfast.” He joined, therefore, iu the general mer THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER (i, 1892—SIXTEEN PAGES. riment, smiled sweetly upon blushing Syl via, the bride-elect, aid replied unhefitat ingly to his suppo-ed future father-in-law's inquiries. “How is your Aunt Armande, my son?” asked the old ra in suddenly. “I remember her as ach .ruling young woman; when I was 20 I came near falling in love with her. We most keep in her good graces, for she will (rave a snug fortune to her nephew ” “Dearaunt!” exclaimed the youth in a tone of deep affection. “I hope she will enjoy life for many, many years longer.” and his pious wish was rewarded with a te der glance from Sylvia’s dark eyes. Aunt Dolarice also listened to him with de light. “He has the instincts as well as the bear ing of a born gentlema ,”be whispered to her brother. "Who w u!d think that his ancestors had al v ays sold cinnamon and nutmegs!” I nee Dorlval. who read encyclopedias and was tnought very learned, retorted quickly: “And why should he not have as fine sentiments as a nobleman? Away with your absurd notions, sister! AH men are equal 1” Tne clock struck 2, and Saint Andre sud denly felt a pang of rent, rse for the part he was playit g. as he recollected that he had to arrange for his friend’s burial and would be expected ai the hotel. He therefore r se from the table, and, an nouncing that h had important business to attend to, prepared to leave. His host pro tested in vain, t-ylvia looked up in blank amazement and every oue entreated him to remain. "I <i not understand,” began the old man, following his visitor to the font and or. he young man interrupted him, saving s leranly: “I will exp'ain. At 11 o’clock this morn ing I died, after a short and sudden attack of colic, a..d I gave he notel proprietor my word of honor that my body should be re moved this afternoon. “Vou therefore, that if I were to absent myself any longer it would be very awkward.” With these words he disap peared, leaving the old father overcome with amazement. H hen the rest of the family heard what had bee t said they decided mat tha youth was joking. “He has humor,” said Uncle Dorival. “I shall congratulate him tbe next time I see lum. He will be here in time for supper. ” But supper time came und passed and there was no sign of the son-in-law. The family became anxious and alarmed, and toward 8 o’clock they sent a messenger to the hotel to inquire for the paseeuger who had arrived bv coach that morning. The proprietor sent back word that the gentle man named had died at 11 o'clock of culio aid i hat the body bad been taken aw -.y for burial in tbe afternoon. This news was received with unbounded astonishment, and little Sylvia burst into tears and declared that she would wear mourning as if she were a widow. “It was his ghost that came here,” said the girl’s mother, in a tone of awe; but Uncle Dorival shrugged his shoulders. "Do ghosts eat and drink as he did?” he asked. “That fellow was merely some young scapegrace who wanted to play a trick on us and get a good meal at the same time.” Nevertheless the ghost story went the round of the servants’ hall, and tbe footman boasted of having seen a spirit la broad daylight. Tne tale spread until it became a subject of wonder in boudoirs and draw ing rooms, and the fair yi ung widow who hail never been married wore a blaok gown and a veil and shed passionate tears for the affianced husband whom she had seen but once. Two weeks later she was wandering about the garden one evening, listening sadly to tbe songs of the nightingales. The stars were shining brilliantly, but the sight of their beauty only served to increase ber gorro w. “ Alas!” she sighed, “if he were but here to stroll with me along these pathways!” As she spoke a cracking of boughs near her made her start with terror, and i- an other ins ant a man broke through the flowering -hrubs and knelt at her feet. The stars were sinning to some purpose then, for by their light she recognized the face fer which she had been longing, and in a voice whioh betokened joy aud dread she cried: “Then you are not dead?’ “No, indeed, swee heart,” he answered, softly; “I am alive and I hope to live and love you for many a long year yet.” When tbe two young people entered the drawing room the family were playing backgammon. A look of amazement greeted the appearance of Saint Andre, and every one being dumfounded, the young baron had no difficulty in telling hi* story, whioh be concluded by asking forSvlvia’s hand. The marriage t iok place as soon as the proper period of mourning had elapsed, and Aunt Dularice was triumphant. “Did I not tell you he had the bearing of a nobleman*” she cried. “All’s -*ell that ends well, and a baron is os good as a grouer," said Uuole Dorival. BOATS FOR T lr, WORLD’S FAIR. Twelve Craft Building at the Charles ton Navy Yard for l xhlbition. From the Boston Gl ibe. For three months a fbree of men has been at work at the navy yard building boats to be used at tne Chicago world's fair. The boats, twelve in number, are such as are used in tbe navy, but will be of more exqn isite workmanship and more elaborately finished. Several of them are already completed and await only the finishing touches. Two w haleboats, 29 feet in length over all, with beam of 7 feet, are wbat are commonly known as doubl -euderq and have been es: ocially designed for lifeboats. They are i uilt of oak, cedar and ash. The fasten ings throughout are copper, the bieast hooks of brass and the thwart wires of copper. Tbe sides are lined with cooper air tanks, and there is an arrangement known as the self-bailer, which will empty water from tbs b at. Thev are providel with two mastß an i sails and lfi-foot oars. The f* ur cutlers are pretty craft. There ar • two 28 feet iu lengtn and 7 feet beam, employing 12 14-fo t oars and two masts, one hi feet long and **ne 24 feet, euoh of 8 feet beam, and fitted for six oais, 14 fee. iu length. Tue 28-foot boats are double-banked and have square sterns. The bulls have tbe plank seams lyli g so closely as to give the ap.earspceof bet. g seamless. I ne26 aud 24-foot cutters are single-bauked. Tho largest steam launch is 33 feet ove" all, navi g a breadth of 8 feet 7 inches and a depth of 4 feet 5 inches from the deck. Sheis also bu l of oak, as t and cedar, aud will be elabu, ately linisned in cherry and pine. Engines are building for her that will give a ! average speed of 111 knots. She is fitted to carry two torpedoes, one forward and one uf:, and a rapid-firi..g gun of tbe Ho chkiss pattern. The 3*)-fo t launch has a beam of 8 feet and a depth of hold of 4 foe IJ4 inches. A gig 30 feet long and ti feet broad at trec’s the attention of ad visitors to the It at-building shop. She is elaborately finished, and is the fluest gig ever built for the navy. The caps on the gunwalts and thwarts are finished in cherry; the breast hooks above ana beiow are of brass, aud she Is provided with spray boards fore aud aft. On the tuner side of the stern are two dtauioud panels beariDg a foul anchor and sbiMit carved in cherry, and upon the black bba and iu the stern sheets is a large carved eagle. The two dingeys are 20 feet in length, 5 feet hr >ad and 2 feet deep. They are pro vided with oue inastand four 12-foot oars. The working launch is 32 feet long, 9 feet l inch iie tm, 3 feet 6 inches deep and has 7 thwarts in place of knees, fastened with pins, which may be removed to facili tate tbe carrying of freight. A windla-s w II be fit e! ts her and pro vision lias been made for carrying two rapid lire guns. I hese boats are not built merely for show ot t e world’s fair, but are for practical purposes as well. A MUTINY QUELLED. HOW AN ADMIRAL got short a Dang RuUS RISING. Admiral Ammen'a Story of a Mutiny Which Put in Jeopardy tbe L ves of a Thousand Passengers— he Muti neers Demand and Whisky, but Re ceived Bullets—Nervy Conduct of tne Office's cf the Ship. f\om (lie Washinoton Star. There Is an admiral of the navy now livtrg near Washing on, whose nerve and decision nee saved a ship and l.Utk) nas : sengers from the b rr rs of a bio. dy mu | tiny. To do it h - was compelled to sh ot a mutineer dead with bis own haul, and then walk Coldly into the mi .st of the mutinous ere*, and unaided and alone place live of them in irons. The nervy officer who thus put down the mutiny which threatened the w .ole ship is Admiral Darnel Amm-ii, who was at that time a captain in the United States navy. It is a thrilling story and can best be col.l in Admiral Ammeu’s awn words, the words w hich he used l*eio e the court-mar.lal than tried and acquitted him. “1 was ~r,lend iy i;.navy department,” said the admiral, “to take pass ive on the Ocean Quee ou Friday, ay 13. in 14, to receive on board that vessel and take charge of a draft of 220 men, mt nded for the Paciflo squadron, to accompany tuoin to Fa a na, an I, after delivern g them to the seui r officer'present at that point. to return to New Yu k. Boatswain Thomas r.- Bell of the navy was ord -red to as. sist me. No marine guard or other assist ants were as igned. The and aft ca e from Philadelphia, and (although it was not in ev.dence) was orincioa ly composed of men who had been transferred from the army a short time before. The Ocean (Jueeu left the wharf at New York about 1 o’clock p. m. She bad in board about I.n-lo passen gers, excluding tbe draft; about one-third were women and children. It bad lieen ar ranged that the draft should be received on board after tbe steamer had left tbe wharf, and It was so done. “Is is proper here to explain that on board that steamer the steerage and cabin passengers are divided from each other by : eans on the starboard side of a fixed bulk bead and on the port side by a lattice, in wbich there is a gateway; and by the rules of the vessel all steerage passengers ure for bidden to come abaft these bulkheads. The men composing the draft were steerage pas sengers. Owing to the crowded state of the steerage the starboard side of the spar deck, under the hurrioaue deck, was appro priated exclusively to the men under my c large. Although crowded, I shwulil have much preferred at that season of the year and for that voyage, living and sleeping there, to occupying a berth in tbe steerage. THEY WANTED WHISKY. “About midnight that night I was called and told that my people wished to see me. I at once dressed and weut on deck, where.l was met by tour men, two of whom I re member as John Kelly and Alfred Bussell, scamon (the deceased), who told me they were unoomfortable, had no place to sleep, and therefore had to wander about the decks; thev finally said that whisky would make it all right, I replied that 1 knew that they were un -omfortanlr; that iu a day or two we would be in a pleasant lati tude, and that in tbe meanwhile I would see what could be done to make them less un comfortable, but that whisky wus quite out of the question, as it would make all wrong. “They left without any mani(as>,ition of disappointment or anger, perhaps impressed with the idea that the interest l had ex pressed was the result of intimidation and riot of the disposition I have to care (or tbe comfort and well being of th st* under my command, aud whioh I regard as a not un important part of the duty of all officers under whom inen are placed. “The following morning (Saturday) all of the draft that I asked expressed thetuseives satisfied with their breakfast, although I found on inquiry that no vegetables had formed a part of it. I eoon made a request to Capt. Tinklepaugb on this s .bjeot.which bo at once agreed to. In the atiernoon at dinner there was dissatisfaction, at least on the part of twelve or fifteen, who threw overboard a number of pot* and pane con taining food, and beat and abused tile serv ants of the ship until they refused to do duty. Chief among these twelve or fifteen were Kelly and Bussell. The object was probably to preveuc tbe better disposed men from getting anything to eat and thus to make the dissatisfaction more general. “I at once detailed a number of the blacks belonging to the draft to reset and replenish tbe tables, and thus prevented the wsll dis posed from suffering. Th-* captaiu of the vessel was, not with ut cause, seriously con cerned on account of this mutinous conduct and the very menacing aud disrespectful expressions of my men, and told me he felt much disposed to put into Hampt n Roads and put on shore at least twelve or fifteen, if not all, of the draft. VVhiie I had to ad mit that tbe conduct and language of some of them were very mutinous a id disrespect ful, I t*>ld hirn I hoped he would not do th-s; that the delay would be great and that I felt satisfied tha we could control tbe men. “The following morning (Sunday 15) the men appear* and to tie entirely sober, tbe supply of liquor obtained through the steer age passingers having probably given out. Their breakfast cousis.ed of hard bread, boiled salt bee'of g nl quality, toa or coffee anil hominy and molasses. 1 was in the act of inspecting thoir breakfast when I was asked to do so by Alfred Bussoll, seaman (tbe deceased) in the most disiespectful terms and manner. After my inspection I became convinced that tbe object of the ni**n was a difficulty irrespective of any treatment which it. was in my power to have bestowed upon them. DETERMINED TO MUTINY. “Soon after breakfast I beard John Kelly and Alfred Russell in conversation win Boatswain Bell, my assistant iu charge of the craft. They declared that they had eaten nothing since they had bee i on boa and, and that if their dinner was not such as they wished they certainly would go aft iu the cabin and get wbat they desired. Kelly said lie ba I once aided * n board of a vessel of wa to knock down a sentry over a spirit room, and that they intended to do as well on board f the Ocean Qu-on; that h** knew the a was liquor on b <rJ aud be intended to have it. “Tne convers tion, though addressed to Mr. Bell, was loud enough and evidently in tended for my ear. I replied that I hoped their dinn r would lie all they could ask, that I had spoken to the ea *tain on tbe -üb j-ot, but that their prop- sttion to go aft and help themselves was quite out of tbe ques. tion, aud if there was an attempt of that kind they would certainly be shot. They contemptuously replied inat they were quite accustomed to being under fire and felt no alarm whatevor, ana Kelly snid that they regarded me as a very well-disposed pere n; that he felt satisfied I would ao a ything in my power for their omnfo> t. and therefore I had not teen harmed. The conversation and manner of the men con vinced me that they were bent on making serious troubte; it conveyed to me deep meaning, and revealed, or, rather, con firmed, my belief in the exi -tence of a plot and purpose, too anparent to be doubted, save by a person without sufficient nerve to meet the crisis wheu it came. “I did not reply to the last remark, so in sulting to my position and to the obliga tions w hich belong to the service, but I felt that by this total forgetfulness of their obli gation tbe existence of the many passengers on board was seriously menaesd. I tur ed to many of the men wfiooomposed the draft and told them if there should he violence ou board the vessel I hoped all the well dis posed would absent themselves from the scene, and that no e should appear unless they wished to be partioi pants; that they would communicate what 1 had Just said to the other men, as I would regret very much if anv of them should be killed by accident. "Shortly after this Uapt. Tinklepaugb stated to me that tbe attitude of s me of oiv men convinced bint that be would be obliged to shoot some of them in order to insure the safetv of his command and of the passengers intrusted to his care, and that he wished my p eeence wnen it became neces sary. I told him that if the ocessity ar rived I thought it belonged to me t*> recog nize it by giving the order to fire, to winch he assented, but added that he hoped I would not defer it until the men overpow ered us and had actual posses-ion of the vessel. I told him 1 would guard well that point and he a reared sati-iit and, although deeply concerned for tbe safety of bis vessel. THE CRISIS APPROACHING. “This occurred about noon Mav 15. tha date of the occurrences abo ,t to be nar rated. Had t'a;-t. Tinklepatigh been less judicious in making his arrangements or less considerate in his whole conduct l Cos Id not aus er for what the result might have leeu Tne nece.-sary preparations were mad *t*m< et an emergency. Dinner time— about 2p. m.—came. 1 sat up m the Hurricane decs forward, overloo .mg the steerage passengers, and would have been blind indeed had 1 not seen that a crisis was at ha il, from the manner of the people who. huddled together witu ibe draft, could not htve failed to overlie tr somewliat tbe plans and express 1 intentions of ny m n. “Whe * the dinner of the men was re ported the boatswain, ilr, Bell, whom I nad previously instructed s • to da. oaiit* 1 tha principal malcontents to look at and pr uouuce upon it. It consisted f very good from roast beef, coded ~otato.-s, liard bread of exi-ellent quality ami tea or coffee. John Kelly and Alfred Bussell pro nounced the dimer .-a’.isittctory, anl ad ded, ’perfectly so.’ Their words proved t,at they iad nothing to complain of, ami that ail tneir dissatisfaction bail been but a nre-ext for the evil conduct intended and which they now proceeded to try to accom plisb. THE ORDER TO FIRE. “These men now proceeded to the port gangway tor the purpose of forcing the gateway. On attacking the man placed to guard the gateway abaft, where steerage passengers are forbidden to go. they found Capt. linklepaugh near at hand, supported by Chief Engineer Bhelps, Dr. Gibbs of the vessel, Dr. Woodward, a p ssenger, Mr. Bell, boats *ain, and some others who had been made aware of the condition of affairs. I was sent for by Capt. Tinklepaugb, and passing over the hurricane deck 1 arrived in time to see John Kelly, who was probably 6 feet 3 Inches in bight and strongly built, struggling with ( apt. Tinklepaugh. Alfred Bussell was also struggling with Engineer Fhelps. A third man who first tried to prevent an immediate attack, seeing that it could not be done, joined ferociously with the others. On arriving 1 saw that the authority of tho vessel, as well as my own, iu ihe person of Mr. Bell, was violently assaulted. Here was tbe mutiny, and I did the duty that tne law imposed up n me. I did uot hesitate to give the drder to fire upon the mutineers. “Immediately upon reiterating the order I fired a revolver twice at John Kelly. Ou the instant half a dozen shots were fired by the other persons named as pre ent. The immediate death of Alfred Bussoll und John Kelly w as the result. “I passed almost immediately over tbe hurricane deck and informed the men under my command that I bad a word to say to them. When they had assembled I stated that an attempt of violence bail been mot by force and two or three of their number Ha l been killed, which was perhaps more a matter of regret to me than to anv of them; that I had to thank all but a small number of them for their excellent conduct the more gratifying because it showed that they felt that they owed a duty to their country and they flag. Three loud and spontaneous cheers greeted me, apparently from every man composing the draft. The men were now directed to go to dinner. They obeyed without excitement or confusion. "I had previously requested Capt. Tinkle, paugh to have the dead men decently laid out burial, aud sent some of their shipmates to assist, and tbe mayors of tha burial serv ice were said over them wheu tiieir bodies were Committee to the deep. After dinuer, .without any aid or support, I weut among the principal men who ail shown a mutin ous disposition and order and live of thorn upon the hurricane deck, stating that I wished to have them put in Irons. Four made no reply; the fifth said he would not hey my order, but changed his mind when I told him that he would obey instantly or I would shoot him. The five were ironed and kent upon bread and water one or two da>s. We had no further trouble dur ing the voyage. It happened that Justice Field of the Uuited States supreme court was a p s -Benger aboard the ship, and at Capt. Am men’s request took the sworn statement of all the officers and others oil t-oaid who were cognizant of the facts. Capt. Am men returned to New (fork iu the Ocean Queen and immediately asked for a couVt martial, whioh was granted, and he was tried at Brooklyn. The court acquitted him and said that he had discharged his duty as an officer of the United States navy iu tho suppression of a mutiny. 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